Lady&#39;s garment



1933- M. L. RIEFFANNACHT 1,937,591

LADY S GARMENT Filed Jan. 16, 1931 INVENTOR Maud L.Rz'%2 fannachtATTORNEY Patented Dec. 5 11933 1.. r e

iJNiTEo {srA'rEs PATENT]? ii cgjz LADYS GARMENT Maud L. Riefiannacht,New York, Y. Application January 16, 1931. Serial No. 509,079 5 Claims.(01. 2-83) V This invention relates to garments of the oneing concealedin the leg portions 2 and-the other piece variety having a body portionand integral folds 6 of the box pleats L meeting at the back or attachedleg portions, and more specifically to central .seam'of the garmentseat. The folds 5 of a concealed utility seat for such garments. theboxpleats are shown slit downwardly on lines 5 One object of myinvention is to provide autility slightly converging toward the, crotch,and the 6 seat for one-piece garments such as pajamas, upper edges ofthe two outer thicknesses of thewhich may be particularly adapted eitherfor box pleats aresewn together along the line and evening wear or forsleeping purposes, forsport as indicated at 7. Means, such as snapfasteners wear as at summer beach resorts, or for ordinary 8 areprovided on each side of the slit folds for l0 wear about the house; orfor bathing suits of knitfastening the garment, and means, such as the 51 ted or other fabric; or in fact for any one-piece loops 9 are providedat the top on the closed cenladys garment other than under-garmentshavter folds 6, such loops 9 of each fold to engage ing integral bodyand leg portions. I common buttons 10 on the underneath third Wearers ofgarments of the kind to which the thickness of material which forms theback of the j present novel utility seat is adapted to beapplied garmentat the waist line. By thus slitting the 70 have heretofore been underthe necessity of practwo folds 5 at each side as will be seen a free uptioally disrobing for utility purposes, and the adwardly extendingtongue portion 11 is left which I vantages of the new and improvedutility seat is entirely concealed by the box pleats '4 and' to embodiedin my invention will be obvious. With which the said pleats are fastenedwhenthe gar-' the improved construction which I provide, a mentisnormally adjusted on the wearer, but -75 utility seat which isnormally perfectly concealed which, for utility purposes maybeconveniently oifers immediate and ample accessibility and conuniastenedby means of the snap fasteners 8 and venience for utility purposeswithout the necesloops and buttons 9, as well as for donning and sity ofdisrobing, or even of disturbing those fasdofiing the pajamas. Inthemodied form shown tenings or parts of the garment which are ordiinFig. 3 one of the folds 5 is left unslit as at 12 -80 narily used inconnection'with donning or dofiing and accessibility for utilitypurposes is had in I p the same. this case through merely the oneslitfold'l3.

With these and other objects in view the inven- Although the drawing andthe above specification consists in the novel construction and artiondisclose the best modes in whichI have .conrangement of partshereinafter described, illus-' templated embodying my invention, '1desire tolss trated in the accompanying drawing, and particube in no waylimited to the details of such dis-' 1 larly pointed out in the appendedclaims, it being closure, for in the further practical applicationunderstood that various changes in the form and of my invention, manychanges in the construcconstruction may be made without departing fromtionand in the details may be made as circum- I the spirit of theinvention or sacrificing any of stances may require orexperience'suggest with- 9 the advantages thereof; out departing fromthe spirit of the invention In the drawing: within the scope of theappended claims. .1 Figure 1 is a back view in perspective of a gar-What I claim and desire to secure by United ment embodying my invention,shown opened at States Letters Patent is: e g 4 one side of the seat,and showing in dotted lines 1. In a garment of the class described, autility the construction of the other side of the seat which seatportion comprising an interior downwardly is closed. tapered tongueextending into the crotch of the Fig. 2 is a side view of the garmentshown in garment, separable outer parts. loosely covering Fig. 1; andsaid tongue and meeting at the vertical center 45 Fig. 3 is a partialback view of a modified form line in the form of loosely hanging pleats,and-10o of the seat and garment shown in Fig.1. means detachablysupporting'the upper part of: V Referring particularly to Figs. 1 and 2,I have said tongue in close contact with the body. here shown lady'spajama suit of the one-piece, 2. In a garment f the class described, autility sun-back type adapted for evening wear or simiseat, comprising adownwardly tapering integral 5o lar use, which consists of a bodyportion 1 and tongue Portion, fastenins'means 0n h iois integral legportions 2. This pajama suit is comand on said tongue portion for the'tongue pletely closed in front, is fitted to the waist and p tio gh yagainst h -Y; and relatively has flexible stiffening members 3 enclosedin the loose means in the form of loosely hanging pleats side seams. Itis made full at the rear by means for concealing said tongue. "I 5 oftwo box pleats 4, one fold 5 of each pleatbe- 3. In a garment of theclass described, a utility seat, comprising a downwardly taperingintegral tongue portion, fastening means on the garment and onsaidtongue portion for securing the same in close contact-With the'body,outer separable relatively loose means in the form of loosely hangingpleats for concealing said tongue, and fastening means for securing saidconcealing means.

4. In a garment of the class described, a utility seat comprising tWo'adjacent vertical pleats, an upwardly extending tongue, fastening meanson:

pleats to conceal said tongue.

MAUD L. 'RIEFFANNACHT.

